Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 901 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
10. 10.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 22 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
22. 22.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
28. 28.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
33. 33.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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